post count on game board

[Moot]

Not likely to happen.

As far as I can recall, that was put in place to stop people rapidly gaining astronomical post counts.

[Graedius]

Yes, because a lot of people would have retardedly high amounts of posts if they did.

[Riffoshi]

POSTS POST PSOTS!!!!
Dam i had to modify

POSTS POST POSTS!!!!!

[Enrique]

Negative. Like Moot said, the policy was to prevent incredibly high post counts for posts that are very nonconstructive and may seem spammish at times. Doing so would cause a change in post count ranking by a dramatic amount (although they really don't mean much anyway), hoping to reduce the amount of people going "Look! I'm a God Yoshi!" once they reach 920 posts, when the majority of their posts could be nonconstructive Forum Games posts.

[Midnight]

I don't think we should.Like Enrique said,most of those posts would be little spam blurbs.One of the main points of joining a chat forum is to put some work into what you're saying.You shouldn't get 'rewards'(for lack of a better term) for something that barely took you any effort.

[Riffoshi]

yeah i posted b4 i thought about spammers.....

[Fluory]

I don't think it would be a good idea. Most of the posts in the games forum (if not all) are very simple. They really don't even contribute to the community at all. They're just games that could just as well be considered "spammy" if done in the middle of a thread anywhere else; and the post count gained from such short, simple posts would be pretty high.

And if you're new.. You can still post anywhere. What's stoppin' you? Post count doesn't mean too much, and those titles that come with each post rank mean even less.

[contention]

As has been said there is really no reason to put a post count on the game-board. Merely because the section itself is meant for fun, meaning you can post in it as you please. Some people take posting to seriously and only do it if it means that they can raise in their levels. However, in all out actual reality, the level that you are with your stars has nothing of any worth. No one really pays attention to the amount of things you say, it is based on the quality. Don't worry if you're still a NewYoshi and you've been posting for a month, much of that reason as you said is because you have spent that time in the game forum itself. Yes, at times it can be hard to find anything worthwhile in the other areas, but if you search you might of course be able to get to where you want to go. As Pawy said up there, your title really means nothing even when you get it. You could just say that it shows you're on here way to often talking about something only to make sure you get a high level. Many new members take advantage of this post count kind of belief by running around and posting what they wish. However, the meaning of the level really holds no purpose; it gives you absolutely nothing, you're not judged on how many post you have, you're judged only by yourself and the quality that you give.

Many seem to have this belief that the number you put on the board usually means that you would do a lot for that place. However, this is not of course the only means of things; many diffrent members at first come to a board and feel something diffrent. They don't pay attention to the matter of what they say, they'll say anything as long as they can get a higher post count. Yet the whole justice behind a high post count should mean that you posted that many pieces with good quality attatched to them. This is why the game-section doesn't have a post count, it is there on your behalf and to go crazy in. There is no quality there, or any offer to the board, it's just a place to relax and keep your mind on other things. If there was a use of post count in that area the members would likely abuse it to their needs. It's like that at any board, and it's something that we all go through. Those phases where we look at out post count and say, "Well I just joined, but this member has more post than I do". Then they take it into their goals to surpass someone who has been there six months.

It's issues like that which lead to the destruction of art threads and of the likes. Even there people merely reply at times to get themselves a good number of post under their belt. Phrases like, "Good Job!" and "Nice" might be lovely to say in life, but when you review an art thread you should at least fixate yourself on telling the artist why they did "such and such" correctly through your eyes. But, this phase is also something that many grow out of eventually in time. More or less, the large reason the game section doesn't rise in post is because: First off, it's meant for fun and it really offers no life time discussions for any members to dwell in. It neither takes anything away for the community, nor does it add on; it's there in order to make sure you can do what you wish to at times. Second off, if it was given a post count, the board would likely be gulped in countless useless threads and post.

[Yoshiken]

All you usually see in the game boards are one-worded posts that have no significance to anything. Making it so that you would increase your post count everytime you insert a post in it would be meaningless ^^.

[Moot]

contention said:

It's issues like that which lead to the destruction of art threads and of the likes. Even there people merely reply at times to get themselves a good number of post under their belt. Phrases like, "Good Job!" and "Nice" might be lovely to say in life, but when you review an art thread you should at least fixate yourself on telling the artist why they did "such and such" correctly through your eyes.

I agree utterly. I'd love to get rid of posts like that in art threads.

[Fluory]

I would, as well. They actually offend me and make me feel like.. just another number. "That's good!" Doesn't make me feel original, and just as good/bad as the next person out there.

They're also pretty spammy, they don't add too much, and could be thought up in two seconds, if that. They aren't even that nice to look at.

There are a few categories of posts that seem more spammy than anything. I also feel that posts such as, 'Wrong board' or 'Thread moved' or equivalent are kinda bad, too. The thread was moved, but why not post something relevant to the thread's topic, too?

I also tend to feel similarly on posts that extend to things like, 'This thread has already been done'. It might have been, but in a lot of cases the thread was buried under months of threads, and then you'd have someone else likely saying, 'This thread is too old. Mods should lock this!' if that old thread were to be reused. It's a bit of a lose-lose situation; going along with the flow there when it comes to re-done threads that once existed a long time ago seems to be a bit more fun for all, rather than lamenting in how it's already been done.

Relevancy to the topic is always nice thing to me, even if staffing also deserves a mention on the board.

[Graedius]

Yes. Seeing 10,000 insignifigant worthless posts is useless in comparison to 500 good worthwhile ones.

[PinkFloydYoshi]

2 years and 963 posts later...

The common misconception is that post count matters. :/
I had a similar argument on another board with someone who spammed to get a higher post count (posted strings of times in threads just to get to 1000). It did my head in and I won my campaign to have his 1000 posts taken off him.

Post count doesn't matter yo. I've been here 2 almost 3 years now and I bet that all my 964 posts have been insightful or supportive in some way. Truth is, I could care less what my post count is, so long as the content I put in my posts is legible, coherent and of some use.

It's not like you get a special prize for reaching xx posts. :s

[Moot]

well theres always that elusive "God Yoshi" rank...

personally I think we could do with increasing that, and the thresholds for the other ranks as well as adding a few more in.

[Graedius]

Yeah, like isn't 500 posts the highest rank or something?

[Yoshi]

Close but not really. The current counts are as follows:

0 = New Yoshi
80 = Junior Yoshi
160 = Yoshi
320 = Senior Yoshi
920 = God Yoshi

Right now they seem to double, other than God. I think we could use with as change.

[Yoshiken]

I agree as well. With everything we have now on the boards, an increase with the post categories could sure use a change.

I cant say that all my posts have been significant and meaningful, but I never did post for the reason of increasing my post count ^^. I dont think many people care about how much you have posted. My opinion is that they will look at what you post to determine the amount of admiration.

[Moot]

quite a few boards I go to just flat-out hide your post count.

[Fluory]

I don't even notice my post count unless I'm bored and have nothing better to notice. But the ranks could use adjusting; that big gap is kind of weird, and people are in like the 2,000's now.

[Anjil]

Heh, I think that big, fat gap was set by Timyoshi a looong time ago when members suggested a higher post count to reach God Yoshi.

Um, anyway, forum game post increase? No. Anybody remember the Word Association games in the Café? Hahah, I remember the complaints of spam from that. I don't think that line needs to be crossed again.